Legal Opinion
Pane v. City of Danbury
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided March 2, 2004No. SC 17041PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SULLIVAN, C. J.
This appeal arises from a claim by the plaintiff, Christa M. Pane, an employee of the named defendant, the city of Danbury (city), that the defendant Emanuel Merullo, who was employed by the city as personnel director, improperly permitted a newspaper reporter to review her personnel file pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), General Statutes § 1-200 et seq. The plaintiff brought a five count complaint against the defendants alleging a violation of the public policy embodied in General Statutes § 1-210 (b) (2), formerly § 1-19 (b) (count one); violations of…
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